# THE EAST LANCASHIRE MASONIC CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 225151
- **Other names:** THE EAST LANCASHIRE MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION (INCORPORATED), E L M B I
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00079735](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00079735)
- **Registered:** Jan. 30, 1964
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=225151


## Contact

- **Address:** Hewlett Court, Newcombe Road, Ramsbottom, BURY
- **Postcode:** BL0 9XJ
- **Phone:** 01204 886552
- **Email:** elmc@eastlancsmasons.org.uk
- **Website:** www.elmc.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND ASSISTANCE PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN EAST LANCASHIRE TO PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY EAST LANCASHIRE MASONS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS OR THE DEPENDENTS OF SUCH DECEASED MASONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE TO SUCH OTHER MASONIC AND NON-MASONIC CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (&quot;THE BOARD&quot;) OF THE INSTITUTION SHALL DECIDE.(B) THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF NEEDY OR DECEASED FREEMASONS.(C) TO AFFORD CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FREEMASONS OR THEIR WIDOWS OR TO ANY OF THEIR OTHER DEPENDENT RELATIVES, AS THE BOARD SHALL DECIDE.(D) TO MAKE GRANTS IN CASH OR IN KIND FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING THE IMMEDIATE AND PRESSING NEEDS OF IMPOVERISHED FREEMASONS, OR THEIR FAMILIES, OR, IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, OTHER DEPENDENT RELATIVES, AS THE BOARD SHALL DECIDE, WHETHER PERMANENTLY RESIDENT WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF EAST LANCASHIRE OR NOT.(E)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THROUGH ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE OPERATION OF A MUSEUM RELATING TO THE HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF FREEMASONS.(F) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC LIVING PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE EAST LANCASHIRE AREA AS THE BOARD OF THE CHARITY SHALL SEE FIT.

**Activities:** The relief of poverty, predominantly but not exclusively to East Lancashire Freemasons and their dependents.The education of children of needy or deceased FreemasonsTo promote other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the public living predominantly but not exclusively in the East Lancashire area.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY EAST LANCASHIRE
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Chad Anthony Northcott** | Chair | Sept. 18, 2014 |
| David Lightbown |  | Sept. 22, 2016 |
| John Anthony Griffin |  | Nov. 16, 2023 |
| John Richard Farrington |  | Nov. 15, 2018 |
| John Taylor |  | Nov. 16, 2023 |
| Julie Ward |  | Sept. 22, 2016 |
| Mark Wiliam Davis |  | Sept. 26, 2024 |
| PHILIP JOHN PRICE |  | Sept. 21, 2011 |
| Peter Lyndon Nicholson |  | Sept. 22, 2022 |
| ROBERT FRANKL |  | March 29, 2022 |
| Stephen Alexander Thomson |  | Sept. 26, 2019 |
| TONY STEPHENSON |  | Nov. 16, 2023 |
| WILLIAM RAYMOND WAITE |  |  |




